Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site turing.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!turing!aeb From: aeb@turing.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: deceptive mail Message-ID: <221@turing.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 20:17:41 EST Article-I.D.: turing.221 Posted: Mon Nov 12 20:17:41 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Nov-84 06:05:47 EST References: <331@uvm-cs.UUCP> <45@uwvax.UUCP> Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 9 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL > I tend to like my mail coming from whomever the person is currently, not who > they logged in as! It is even worse: if you are working at a terminal, somebody comes along and in order to show you something logs in recursively: (login x) then after his login process has finished your identity will be reported as x by programs like who and routines like getlogin(). -- Andries Brouwer -- CWI, Amsterdam -- {philabs,decvax}!mcvax!aeb